#tbb speculation

[teadrawstuff]

If Wrecker had Snapchat, he’d definitely do this. He is #1 Techphee supporter

[lightspringrain]

"Polarization"

Regardless of his fate - his memory lives on.

[letshareapapou]

Echo: They're my EARS, Tech...

Tech: And these are children. I thought that was obvious.

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

(Not sure if this idea has been floated already, I'm relatively new to tumblr)

I'm convinced the finale is going to have plenty of callbacks to the Bad Batch's intro story in TCW (I mean, we've already gotten a few callbacks).

So...

Since Tech was the one who directly helped Rex find and retrieve Echo, and then carried Echo through the shafts...

What if Echo is the one to find Tech and carry him out of Tantiss???

[drafthorsemath]

I really want to see Bayrn turn into a force wielding version of Jack Jack.

Imagine these stormtroopers who think they can all handle a baby and then

[followthepurrgil]

There are too many parallels for that trooper to not be tech:

the familiar grunting while moving heavy rocks

the “left femur crushed by approximately 150kg of pressure”

the getting thrown off a waterfall and flopping dramatically onto the rocks

the 180 degree turn with zero thrusters in the ship as it landed

the reliance on, and frustration with his technology

the precise and clipped tone of voice

Send help

[melymigo]

I'm going to miss them so much 😭

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Update:

Btw the gif is from the movie Gone in 60 seconds.

The plot of said movie:

A retired car thief revives his team of professionals as he is compelled to steal fifty top-notch vehicles in one night if he wishes to see his brother alive.

[clownbloody]

Look its Tech :D well it used to be.

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[dangraccoon]

The fact that his right hand (trigger hand) is the one shaking

I bet you anything that we’re going to see a moment where Crosshair is armed again and has a moment of hesitation before shooting

He might miss too

[eriexplosion]

So the main reason I think that TBB will have a reasonably happy ending is multifaceted but I think the biggest one is that a lot of the series it's compared to have entirely different focuses but only one requires minimum the majority of the characters to be alive.

It comes down to the central question of the work. Let's look at TCW - this one is super broad because it's essentially an anthology rather than an overarching narrative. It's literally just "what happens between attack of the clones and revenge of the sith." The only thing needed to bring it to a satisfactory close is to go up to the end of the clone wars and segue into ROTS. Which, as a tragic film, does necessitate a bit of a downer ending. But, the ending feels fulfilling even with the tragedy because it satisfies the central question.

Rogue One is much more narrow, how did the rebellion get the death star plans? The reason you can do a total cast annihilation in this one is because the central question isn't character focused at all, it's mission focused. As long as they move the mission forward, the characters dying doesn't make the ending less satisfying. The central question is answered.

So what's been TBB's central question? It hasn't been mission focused, it's not "how do we fight the Empire" and its not as broad as TCW's filling in a multi year gap between movies. It's asking "who are these clones if they're not soldiers" it's asking "how do you heal this family that's been broken by tragedy."

And killing off most of the main cast answers these questions as "nothing" and "You don't." It's like answering "what happened between these two movies" with 'nothing' or 'how did they get the death star plans with 'they didn't.' It negates the central question that we're introduced to, it would render the entire endeavor pointless. Why would we need three seasons to get Omega from 'alone' to 'still alone' why would we build up the desire for the family to heal just to say they never will? Why would we watch them go from broken to more broken to absolutely shattered in a trauma mill? It doesn't answer anything, it just trails off.

I don't even think that the question of how to heal the family can be satisfied if Tech is actually dead. MAYBE if we had more time we could soothe away the trauma of that and still resolve everything. Maybe if his loss was the only one that needed to be wrapped up and processed we could resolve that in the time we have left.

But needing to bring Crosshair home, bring Omega home, AND heal everyone from Tech's death in fifteen episodes that also require enough action to keep ten year old boys interested? Yeah, I don't think that's happening. I think the only way that this gets wrapped up in a way that actually holds to the themes of the show is an ending that has the family together, an ending that actually answers the questions we started with, one that said *they're not soldiers, they're family* and that the family is in fact capable of being healed.

[teadrawstuff]

YES. I am on the bandwagon that Tech is CX-2

[magicandmundane]

My brain just cursed me with this angsty idea, so I’m gonna toss it out here for you guys to see too.

Anyway, the Batch, especially Hunter, has always been very protective of Omega, even more so now after getting her back. She’s never been super bothered by it, but it seems like she’s getting more and more annoyed these days, and what if it comes to a head like:

*dicey situation*

Hunter: *grabs Omega’s arm and pulls her behind him*

Omega: Stop it! I’m not a little girl anymore, Hunter!

Hunter is visibly crushed then cut to Wrecker and Crosshair flinching, and the whole thing is just gut wrenching.

Classic, angsty teenage girl with her over protective father figures/big brothers (I would know, I’ve had a few) and I just ughhhh (*sobbing*)

And then the idea I had on top of that was afterward we get Crosshair telling Omega to go talk to Hunter as a callback to the events earlier in the season.

[letshareapapou]

Ok so they release the bad batchs official CC numbers then THE CLONE X is....2

LIKE TECH'S CC is 2????

[notallthoseinheadspace]

TBB Modern AU! hc - Tech and Phee are coworkers at a small history/science museum. Every time Phee notices Tech is seriously stressing or overstimulated, she asks him to ‘try out’ a stim toy (infinity cube, linked rings, fidget popper, etc) that she’s thinking of giving an autistic nibling. She has a desk full of toys that she rotates through.

It takes Tech a while to catch on that she’s observant enough to notice his moods and kind enough to gently helping him decompress without being pushy or forceful like his brothers are.

[drafthorsemath]

Guys what if Emerie actually knows how to break the mind control of the CX's? What if Crosshair knows about it but Emerie actually knows what goes into it? Hemlock puts them through rigorous conditioning, but he likes his chemicals too right? We saw that last season. What if the conditioning is a combination of drugs and psychology? Some cults use drugs and psychology and even things like hypnosis and meditation to control people. It is highly effective. Someone who was put through that (Crosshair) might be so mentally broken down by the process they can't know what all went into it, but someone helping Hemlock might.

Echo said they're freeing all the prisoners who've been experimented on. That means all the clones. All of them.

[followthepurrgil]

Stg I want Hemlocks last moment to be Omega holding a blaster to his head, staring him in the eyes, and saying “actions always have consequences”